Chicago Board of Education

38 meetings on our record, 18 of them from the past year · typical meeting 3 h 17 min · 322,809 students · 20 members on our roster · The city of Chicago

Latest · Aug 27, 2026: Chicago Board of Education tables arts high school resolution to September 10th meeting Play 3:25:47
Next · Thursday, December 17, 2026: 10:30 AM · CPS Loop Office, 42 W. Madison Street, Chicago, IL 60602 · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have: Aug 27, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Sean B. Harden, President · Connie L. Anderson, Member · Ed Bannon, Member · Jessica Biggs, Member · Michilla Blaise, Member · Therese Boyle, Member · Jitu Brown, Member · Jennifer Custer, Member · Ebony DeBerry, Member · Angel Gutierrez, Member · Yesenia Lopez, Member · Emma Lozano, Member · Debby Pope, Member · Norma Rios-Sierra, Member · Ellen Rosenfeld, Member · Che "Rhymefest" Smith, Member · Anusha Thotakura, Member · Angel L. Velez, Vice President · Cydney Wallace, Member · Karen Zaccor, Member

Watch the board’s yearA decision it made, its hours, its busiest night at the mic and where its time went, each with its source

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 3 h 41 minThursday, August 27, 2026Chicago Board of Education tables arts high school resolution to September 10th meetingSpeakers: Sean B. Harden, Ed Bannon, Ebony DeBerry, Debby Pope and 2 more

Play 3:25:47

Special meeting · 30 minThursday, August 13, 2026Board adopts resolutions on millionaire surcharge and vacant property penalty questionsSpeakers: Sean B. Harden, Ed Bannon, Jennifer Custer, Ebony DeBerry and 2 more

Play 4:26

Board meeting · 6 h 22 minThursday, July 30, 2026Chicago board amends and adopts fiscal 2027 budget on 11-7 voteSpeakers: Sean B. Harden, Ed Bannon, Jennifer Custer, Debby Pope and 2 more

Play 4:58:08

Public hearing · 3 h 53 minMonday, July 20, 2026Chicago board holds second hearing on proposed $9.88 billion FY27 budgetSpeakers: Sean B. Harden, Angel L. Velez, Ed Bannon, Debby Pope and 2 more

Play 2:07

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 18 board meetings, Oct 30, 2025 – Aug 27, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatThis board's coverage isn't measured on whole meetings yet.

Coverage not measured on whole meetings yet

Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.

Runs the meeting

Sean B. HardenPresident · President · runs the meeting, not ranked5.4min, at least17 of 18meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart

Members · listed by seat

Che "Rhymefest" SmithMember · District 10A2.1min, at least13 of 18meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Connie L. AndersonMember · District 10B · Seated for 3 board meetings on our record; we rank at 81.5min, at least1 of 3meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Ed BannonMember · District 1A0.6min, at least10 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Jennifer CusterMember · District 1B0.8min, at least7 of 18meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Ebony DeBerryMember · District 2A0.3min, at least7 of 18meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Debby PopeMember · District 2B2.3min, at least14 of 18meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Norma Rios-SierraMember · District 3A · We could name only 28% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.2min, at least2 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Karen ZaccorMember · District 4A0.8min, at least9 of 18meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Ellen RosenfeldMember · District 4B0.6min, at least8 of 18meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Jitu BrownMember · District 5A4.0min, at least10 of 18meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Michilla BlaiseMember · District 5B2.4min, at least12 of 18meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Anusha ThotakuraMember · District 6A1.7min, at least8 of 17meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Jessica BiggsMember · District 6B0.3min, at least7 of 18meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Emma LozanoMember · District 7A1.2min, at least6 of 17meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Yesenia LopezMember · District 7B3.0min, at least12 of 18meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Angel GutierrezMember · District 8A1.0min, at least7 of 17meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Cydney WallaceMember · District 8B · We could name only 11% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.1min, at least4 of 17meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Angel L. VelezVice President · District 9A1.1min, at least6 of 16meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Therese BoyleMember · District 9B1.1min, at least13 of 18meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record

Next meetingThursday, December 17, 202610:30 AM · CPS Loop Office, 42 W. Madison Street, Chicago, IL 60602Board MeetingThe district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29

All 38 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Public comment30%26%–35%

Budget and finance14%4%–26%

Ceremony and recognition7%4%–10%

Safety and discipline0%0%–2%

The two readers didn’t agree on 18% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

Public comment

Of the 38 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 18; 18 had at least one. The busiest, on Mar 19, 2026, heard from 33.

33 on Mar 19, 202633 speakers17 speakers17.1 a meeting on average

Federal district ID 1709930 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting dates and agenda times from the district clerk